Oh it was so beautiful!  My friends Hannah, Matt, Nathan, Tyler, and I went camping in the mountains.  There’s something noteworthy about being submerged in God’s creation far from the typical use of technology.  Creation’s beauty reveals the beauty of our Savior and King.  The waterfalls flow with grace and yet they rush streams of power and splendor.  The mountains reach the heavens and, though they can become strenuous, the view of below is worth each drop of sweat to the top.

The Lord is so gracious to allow us to see this beauty, to reveal to us His created order.  Yet these glimpses of beauty are partially hidden.  In order to see some of the most awe-striking sites, we must search for them.  We must take advantage of what He has given us and explore the area to find it’s great treasures.

I woke up early and was able to sit by the river and study His word.  The passage for today was Psalm 8, the first verse proclaiming “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!  You have set Your glory above the heavens.”  It goes on to say, “When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him; and the son of man that You care of him?” in verses 2 and 3.  Verse 9 concludes the chapter as it began “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!”  I was humbled.   Surrounded in the work of His hands, all I could do was marvel.  With all that He created, He labels us as the “apple of His eye,” Zechariah 2:8.

We are so undeserving of this title and the honor of bearing His image, but He made us worthy.  He sent Christ in order that our relationship with Him can be restored.  Even after all of our ugly mistakes and sins against God, He makes “everything beautiful in its time.  Also, He has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

And there I sat in the woods, with dear friends back where we had set up camp, waiting to indulge in and explore God’s glory together.  Everyday we are given this opportunity, but we must simply look.

For Further Reading:

Galatians 3:26-27

Jeremiah 32:17

Romans 11:36

Psalm 121:1-2

Ephesians 2:10

Amos 9:6